The Sun. — London, England, 1809-10-25 00:00:00

1 I NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, OGT. 23. Arrived the French schooner L' Hirandelle, of 14 guns, and 68 men, captured close in. by Pendennis Castle, near Fal mouth, after a chace of 125 miles, by his Majesty's sltip Plover of 18 guns, Capt. BROWNS; the priva teerhadEnglish colours flying during thcchase, and is making tor Falmouth, in order td.i:avuid - being captured : she has taken only one vessel Ahis..crnize, winch is a Portuguese barque from the BrAzds,"which put into Cawsand . Bay this morning, having beeo re cflptured by one of our cruizers. • - Arrived the British brig Ocean, of Hull,,PoslllL Master, from Gibraltar, Seville, and Cadinlast fiorb, Falmouth, laden with sheep's-wool. bound to .Loliclon,. put .in here for convo),): l *ff the the Start she tell in with the thin frigate.; Capt.. WIALCOL)I, which ship was then in chase of a Fiench lugger privateer. Tire .Plover sloop of war-also ;ar , rived here this morning ; she chased 'the same fug_ ger 160 miles, 'but owing to superior sailing, she escaped. Arrived the American . ship Brutus, of Withers field, North America, Captain WOomtroos, from . New York, which place she left on the Ist of Au- 7: gust., laden with t;otton, logwood, tobacco, Ste „ bound to Tonnineu, was captured by a French schooner- privateer, who plundered the American of several articles, and"was recaptured by his Majesty's ship Medusa, Hon. Capt. BOUiEkiE, which ship ar rived here this mor;ninis. Arrived the Mary and Elizabeth, ROSSIiER •and Revenge, Pons; from London; Venus, HANDi, from Newcastle ; the schooner Garland, RocIcEY, fro.ol Cork, laden with provisions, bound to London. sailed the RObert, CRAWLEY, for the Mediterfa neatr; also sailed the Plover sloop of war, dad a cruize. PORtSMOUTR, OCT. 24.—Arrived th i s mornin g the scho oner Patriot, G . BAyLity, Master, - laden with fruit, from Malaga • ; the (Titian, SPARROW ; Friends, EVANS 5 and Hannah, GERMA N , horn Lob - don; itiadenator, , JONES, from Bristol ;. Sarah, ARMSTRONG; Frederivlt,:f A.YLOR ; Leander, SINT ALL,, from Sunderland, and Golden. Reece, from Guernsey, Sailed his Majesty's ship Port Ma with a Convoy of merchant ships s for Plymouth and Cork. The Rolla sloop H of War is appointed convoy to the Downs► 1:84, 14 60T. 2 4 rived.••••••:At the Diana frigate,- PO "Pi sloop of war, and Pilchard schooner, - from Flushing; Speculator bigger, froth Portsmouth; Cracker gun-brig from the Nore. The,2ephyt, sioop of war got on shore on the Goodwin Sands yesterday, but floated. , again next tide, and arrived in the Downs this morning, lia.Ving sprung her fore -mast and bowsprit while on shore- Sailed the Viaoriou, 74 guns, and the Goshawk sloop of war, with a large fleet of outward,bound ships, under convoy for Portsmouth. WEYII.OI.7TH, OCT. 23.—0 n Saturday hii toga Bighness the Duke of YORK, accompaisied: the Princesses MARY. and A'AtEt.ri, attended by -their Suite, to the Royal Barge, which rowed rourid-tile Bay for a considerable time. On2their quitting * tile dharbour, the Royal Standard was hoisted, and the ifferent men of war in the Roads were manned:. The weather being very serene, and the sea resem bling the smoot h ness of glass, rendered the eicur- Sion pec u li ar l y p l easant to the Royal Part'.,,%, Princess Ameut takes the benefit of•the salt bath, and, as often as the weather permits; al ternately takes an airing on the sand and an extut sion on the water—the benign effedts of which; we fervently pray, will ultimately restore her Royal Highness's health and spirits. • 'Yesterday the Committee of Merchants and Bankers submitted to a General Meeting of Mer chants, Bankers, and Traders, called for that purpose at the City of. , l,ondon Tavern, an Address of Con gratulation to his MAJESTIG on his entering on the, 50+ li year' of his , reigii. • The Address',having been , read from the Chair, Mr. FORSTER, after shortly dwelling on the many paternal virtues. which . his MAJasTi: had displayed in 'his feign, moved, that the Address which had been read, should be . adopted by the General Meeting. Mr. GRANT seconded the motion, and hoped that there would be the sail ie unanimity upon this occa sion as appeared geneially_ to pervade the country, with respctt to' that congratulation which was due to his MAJESTY, af ter so l ong and arduous a reign. The question was then put, and carried unani mously, 'the Thanks of the Meeting were then.voted' to the Committee, and to the Chairman., for hi4roper CondutSt in the : Chair. • The Chairrriari (Mr.,B. LoNd), in returning his thanks, ohserved,, that it was the Merchants and Bafikers of Loriclon" who first originated -the idea which had . met Suelf general approbation throughout the country.. The Chairman was then dire6ed to sign Ae ohltiotis, in the name Of the Merchant, Bankers, and Traders of the city of London. There were.nOt above:o persons present, : . We were favoured,with communications yester day from Tarragona by a private ship. They speak tavourasly of the state of the army under General Ei.Axt, and mention that his forces are ; provided With every th;nz that can proinote . their t;oinfort 'And succc4S. COVENT-GAIIDEN ,THEthE. Though the same_ turbulent disposition:ln - 915e out at this Theatre la,t night, it was ,much less violent than heretofore. The Play, was The: ligiA chest; two aas of which were heard as usual with atten Lion, but at the third the malcontents resumed their attacks, and nothing further of the play could be heard. A ruffian in the gallery threw in _apple at Mrs. Lis.rox, but the audience, ,in general, displayed a proper "sense of inaignation at thii untnanly conduct. Several placards were-helkup, but.they were merely such as we have befdre given. A wretched caricature of KIVAIBLE„ with an inscrip'- Lion "May I beg leave to ask what you want ?" was exhibited, but excited no great applause. Several persons had 0. P. (old prices) marked on their bats, one. of whom was taken out of the pit, and when he . was at Bow-street, his public spirit dissolved into flood of leap.. Old Prices was the chief inscription of the night. The fulluwing, we believe-, was the only new. label that-appeared : . . " john Bull be courageous, .let this be your guide By /mfr . /v6W prices you'll sink Kemble's pride:" " The statinient they made, and the mode of inspedion, • Is justly repaid by your strongest rejedion. Maintain the true cause, in spite of their terrors, - . And nut their account's, with EXCEPTION OF gaßoits." Alter the play a temporary Calm prevailed, but the clamour began with the Ballot - of - Oscar and Malvina, and continued through the whole, but evidently in a very moderate way, compared with forrner . occassions. About eleven the audience had wholly dispersed. Upon the .whole there was an obvious abatement of the violenee; and we infer thAt the new Advertisement from toheTheatre, which is respectful ,and reasonable, has made a. tavour,able impression upon the public in general, Mr.. CUMBERLAND liberally presented a new .Play or the benefit of a, Charity, last week, at Tun- bridge ; which was represented with - 'great success; and which, according. to teport, was Marked by a vigour of imagination that charaeterizes, the early produetions of this respect able veteran of the drama. 'There seems to be now a great probability of the re-building of Drury-lane Theatre, as three or fOur carts have been eMployed in removing rubbish within the same number of 'weeks. It is not to be doubted that the subscription for re-building the Theatre proceeds with equalrapidiiy. Mrs. MOUNTAIN is gone to perform a few weeks in Dublin, and then returns to her station at the Lyceum. I It has been stated; in one of the Morning. Pa pers, that a misunderstanding had taken place at Vera Cruz, between Mr. COCHRANE JOHNSTONE. and the Captain of a frigate, respeeting the transit of a large sum in specie to this country. The cumstance has been known in England some•tnonths past. Capt. MALticd, of the - Undonted ,f i rigate, is the brave officer alluded to ; ,he is not accused of de manding More than his instructions justified. The affair is likely, we understand, to he produaive of much serious discussion. . . Lord DA II Ncrt.)N'l estates in the neighbourhood of Muswell Hiii, devised to him by the late Countess of BATH, were yeseerday brought bathe hammer.-; About 144 acres of iand, with some houses, sold as tigh as 30,3001. The land, in general, sold at 2001. per acre, and 12 acres of tneadoW land at upwards of 4001. per acre. " A Roman Catholic Curate, to free himself from the labour of Confessiotts in Lent, gave notice to his parishioners, that on Monday .he should con fess the Liars ; on Tuesday, the Misers ; on Wed nesday) the Slanderers ; on ThurSday, the Thieves; on Friday,•the Libertines ; and on Saturday, the Bud - scheme succeeded-- , -uone at- tended. • Yesterday the Loan MAYOR ordered a Court ,of Aldermen to be summoned, to meet at Guildhall ; , bnt a sufficient number of Aldermen not attending to constitute a Court, his Lordship ordered the price of bread to be continued at Is. 4id. the guar tern loaf of wheaten, and Is, .21d. household. THE ARMY.—At a General Court Martial, held at Taragcejo i on the 18th August, 1809, and at Me rida on the 27th and 28th of the same month, Lieut. Ludlow, of the 2d Battalion of the 48th Regiment, was arraigned upon the under-mentioned charges, viz.:- Ist. " For being 'drunk on ate march of the regiment from. Castello Branca, on the 9d of July." 2d. " For using highly improper language to wards Ensign Pardy during the march from Castello Branco on the same day." The Court found the prisoner guilty of the first charge, but acquitted him of the second. • The Court accordingly sentenced Lieut. Ludlow to be cashiered ; and his Majesty has thooght fit to confirm the 'sentence. The Commander in Chief direas that the above mentioned charges, together with the sentence of the Court, shall be read at the head of every corps, and entered in.the Regimental Orderly Books. By Command of the Right Honourable the Com mander in Chief, (Signed) HARRY CALVISRT, Dated Horse-Guards, Oa. 2 3 , 1809. The Adjutants of the Militia are to have Bs. per day during peace; and the Quarter-Masters, who used to have 3i. are to have r)s. per day in peace. The Royal Miners . Militia struck their tents on Monday Morning, on the Heights at rover, and are now.quarrered in that town. The. Sussex -Militia match into Gosport on the 27th instant, to r4ieve.theLeicester Militia, which march on that day to Chichester, and the neighbour hood. • The Shropshire Militia .will march into the same place on the tst, 2d, and ad of November. . The Renfrew and Worcester Militia, have march ed into their old barracks at Portsea, from the camp at Southsea. The ,slo9p. William. and Johanna from Liverpool to Youghal, was lost in Whiting Bay, in the dread ful storm of Tuesday, the 10th inst. and we lament to say, every person onboard perished. The bodies of sotnd. of the crew . and passengers,' and several fragments of the vessel have since_ been washed on shore. BOXER s.—Three matches will shortly take glace; the first of which will be betwixt liichman, the black, and the scientific Young Pelcher, for one hundred guineas. Another _match is on the tapis between Dutch Sani anda young waterman. The thrd will be betwixt Cropley'arid Powell, and . the whole will take place vn the same day. PROCEEDINGS of COURT-MARTIAL lIELD ROCHE/ORT ON. THE CAPT.IIN3 OF THE SHIPS DESTROYED IN BASQUE ROADS 1Y OUR NAVY. The trial of the Captains in the French navy, who 'commanded the ships...destroyed by our • fleet in Basque Roads, fills. a S'applernent of five sheets to the. Moniteztr of the I Ith instant.,, The.follO‘Ving is the substance of interesting and iniportan!: do cument." The sentence:has not yet been transmitted to us. ' • _ _ _ It appears by the account of the loss of the 7:on nerre,. given by her Captain, M., Clethent de. la Ronciere, that whilst endeavouring to avoid. our tire ships, she was run on board by the French.man of war the Ocean, and grounded on the rocks. ~ Re= peated exertions were. made to save her, but the wind proving unfavourable,: the boats being for ,A long time absent, and the 'water no longer kept down by the pumps, one of which had burst, al though Abe masts had been cut away, and the greatest part of. her guns and water-casks thrown overboard, she was at. length deserted by her crew, after permission to that effeet had been granted by a signal 'of the. Admiral, answering their signal of distress. The Captain was the last who left the ship. This statement was fully corroborated by the written minutes of the journal kept by the officers. * The account of the loSs..of the. Calcutta was given by her.Qtptain, Lafon, and his officers jointly.. It states, that whilst preparing to engage a British Iri gate;.,they were surprized by the explosion of a catamaran, and soon after, being nearly surrounded with fire-ships, one of which their cannon sunk, they cut their 'cables to avoid the others, and about midnight grounded.; but, after lightening the vessel, succeeded the next morning to get off with the tide. They were then attacked by two of our-frigates and two bomb vessels. NOtWithstauding their- m disad , vaageous position, and the paucity of their num bers, the whole crew, consisting of only e3O men, they returned: our fire, when, about three o'clock, two other British ships joined in the attack. At four, Convinced of the impossibility of . saying the ship, they . forsook it, 'having. only __twelve men wounded and none killed, and set it on fire, When they repaired on board the. Admiral, who sent them to Rochefort. • , The loss of the frigate L' Indienne. is thus accounted for in the jourtittl of her Captain, signed by all her officers.. I-laving placed his vissel at a shoit distance from the boom, which prote6teds the French line, she was sudde'lliy_ coyerttd with fire by two,explo- , sions which took place at the boom within the lapse, ' of forty minutes, and discovered, to hie view the ap proach of several. brigs And fire-ships, which. burst through the boom, and advanced kindling against the fleet. In order to avoid them, he passed through the French line, and after several astonishing escapes, grounded, And ~ v:iited for the return. of, the ticle.- 7 The next day lie was.astonished at finding, that nor. a single French vessel had suffered by the effeas of the explosions and 6.re-ships. That day was spent chiefly in vain efforts to. gel :float, and I.vittiei,ing the destruaion of the l ifle cle• Varsovie, the Cr:lc/it/a", • and Turmeric. On the .13th he was at tacked, .as,. well as. the Oc;:an and :Regulus., by. six approached at that-critical moment, _to_ engage the Ocean and Toiirt,i'fie. both of which answered Sher fire effectually. The, riZn4, night• they sucoeucled in gettin g afloat, and sailed fur Thernkluth of the rii.er, but tbrotigh the want of experience of the pilot, wet grounded on the other side, near Fouras. 0 1 1 M.. they were set afloat by the morning tide, and on the 16th, anchored at" the mouth of the rivei',"off the point 4 Vergeron. Here followsTt he examination of the Officers of the Fleet, which in length far exceeds that which took place when the investigation into Lord Gam bier's conduel -on the very same" occasion took place.—lt seems in general in favour of the Cap• ' tains whose 'ships were lost; btit its we are not in possession of the whole, we cannot express a decid ed, opinion. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, STOCKHOLM, -SEPT. 22. -=By the Peace concluded on the 17th wst. at Fredericshatn, Sweden cedes to Russia the Grand Duchy of Finland, and certain 0...5-tricts tricts of the Province of Bothnia-, including.Tornea. Russia, on the other hand, restores to Sweden such of the Isles of Aland as are situated near the Swedish coast, and retains those that are-contiguous to Fin. land. The ports of Sweden are shut against Eng.; lisp ships of war; but merchant vessels of that na tion, freighted with salt and some oilier commodities, are allowed to enter. ULM, OCT.- 6.---The huts of the French camps near Vienna have been sold to Jews. The - caMp of Crems was sold for 17,000 florins. -The celebrated Hofer makes his soldiers cut off the hair of the females who do not.comply . with his orders respecting dress. It is said that :Telmer, Vischer, and Seta, fout.Chiefs . of the Ty rdlese, perceiving their authority, eclipsed by that of Hofer, have quitted the country, and are•-now in the Austrian camp at Comorn. •The scarcity of gold and silver has led to the in vention, at Beilin, of a Metallic composition; de nominated ces ealdarium; because it is said to be an imitation of . the metal 60 called by the Romans.— Utensils of , , thisAnetal, exaetly 'resemble gold at i 4 to 18 carats, is neither tarnished by use, nor perni cious to health, and sold at the rate of eight groschen (one shilling) per ounce. The znariutac tory •of Patzig and Gode, of Berlin, makes great quantities of plate, vases, and utensils of this kihd. MUNICAL . ,• 3.—Captain de BALuomin,dis- Patched -as , a •Courier from the head-quarters of his Royal Highness fthe Hentditary. Prince, arrived hereU this inornink, 'and , haS brought intelligence , of the conclusion Of the p - relitnitiaries of peace between France'and Austria. FONTAINELEAV, OCT, the preparations are completed at - the. palace:for 'the reception of the Imperial Family. Three toads of furniture arrived there the day .hetore yesterday,. from Paris. M. Desmazis; superiutendalit Of the household, has in speeted all the apartments. Reverherators,have been placed in the courts and ave:lities.:,. In shc.rt, _both without 'ev(try 4 thitig is prepared for the residence of the Court. _ . _ _ . it is said her Majsty thempress:wilrarrive there this day, and that she will there wait fur the Etn, perm', - whose return is announced as very near at hand. We arc taught to hope that their Irriperial , Majesties will make a considerable stay in town. British gun-boats, a small frigate, and two cutters; but•after an ardion of several hours,_ that flotilla was obliged_ to retire. Having thrown the greatest num her of his guns, almost all his. powder, ammunition, .and provisions, into the sea, without heina able to get Completely afloat, he was obliged to send to the Admiral for ammunition and assistance, both of which were not afforded him in an effectual manner. On the 14th he formed a battery on land, which was served by part of his crew. At four o'clock five British brigs, and a bomb vessel, attacked the Regulus and• Foudroyant, and continued bombarding them until seven in the evening, without compelling them to alter their position. On the - 15th, he suc ceeded in getting the frigate. perfedly afloat; and threw almoSt the whole, of his remaining _cannon into the sea.. In theevenieg_he thought he descried the approaching catamarans, and took precautions in consequence. On•the i6th the frigate was driven aground by the wind a second time.. Her toasts were_ on the point of falling overboard ; was filling Last with water, and her., sides began to gape,. when her Captain called a Council of War, which determined that every hope of saving her being lryit, it was necessary to abandon her,; she was,set on fire, and the crew landed near Fouras, from whence they repaired to Rochefort. The Captains of La Ville de Paris and ilquilrin, having been taken prisoners, the statement of the loss of their ships could not be transmitted .to the Court Alartial. • Captain La Caille, of the Tourville, one of the ships that escaped, having been accused of. leaving a THICT. his ship for several hours, whilst she was in pre- r ".Dearly beloved Brethren—The Almighty Lord sence of the enemy, and the accusation being cot.- and God by whOm Kings reign (Prov. viii. has roborated by the minutes of his own_ journal, I been pleased, in mercy to. us, to prolong the reign of was also compelled to give an account of his . our beloved .Monarch, while in the reirointions of conclude before the Officeis composing the court other empires and kingdoms many dreadful events Martial. •-1-ihve taken place. In these happier Isle's we have It appears that when the first catamarans explod- enjoyed : ate enviable security in our- own homes, ed, the French frigate La Pallai, whilst endeavour- while in other countries every thing sacred and pro ing to avoid_ a, fire-ship, ran on board the Taurville, 'fane, altars and thrones have been thrown into one which then cut a cable, and was sooty after threaten- :common mass, of ruin. When we look. back and ed by the Regulus, to which a fire-vessel had fixed contemplate all those blessings and the Many op itself. The "Tourville then manoeuvred to avoid, the • pressive restraints, from which Catholics have been surrounding perils, but got aground, and the Cap-, , released under the reign. of his present Majesty, we tain ordered the gunpowder barrels to be open, in must acknowledge that gratitude and thanksgiving order, should the ship catch fire, that they might he are the smallest return which can be made. For -this immediately drowned try means of water pipes,. but. reason, Dearly Beloved Brethren, let us join in hymns _his apprehensions proved unfounded. On the ar- of praise and jubilation to the Sovereign Diaposer•of 'rival of a pilot, he attempted to gain the mouth of all Events, and beseech him still to prolong the days the river, but with littl6hopes of success. . of our belcivedSoiereign, to give wisdom to his cowl ' On the 12th, whilst several British frigates en- cils arid vigeur to his strength, and again to bless the gaged the Ville de -Varsovie, the Calcutta, and land with peace. We earnestly therefore,' dearly ,Aquilon, the Tourville threw her heavy guns and beloved Brethren, exhort you t 9 assemble round cannon balls overboard, and sent all her inexperi- your Pastors in thanksgiving and prayer on Wednes enced and weak sailors and boys on shore, keeping day 25th inst. And accordingly it is ordered that only the stoutest men and marines on board. e.The all Priests ,who have the care of cOn o a or pilot, convinced of the impossibility of saving the who officiate to such, shall after the Mass of that ship, took French leave, and the Captain, informed day say .or sing, or cause to be said or sung, the that several fire-ships were coming against the Psalm " Exaudiat," with the V. " Domine salvum Tourville, and conscious in his grounded position of fee Regem," and the Prayer" Pro Rege, Quwsumus his - inability to avoid. or remove them, ordered the Omnipoteus Deus." By order of JOHN Bishop of whole crew to land, and was the last Who quitted Centurim, V. A. L. JosarFi HODSGON, V. G.': • the ship. The wind having undergone afavourable MIRACULOUS ESCAPll.—Yesterday mornitig, about change, and no fire-ships having reached their olesti- two o'clock; a young Lady, in MillnanL, Westmin nation, .the. Captain and crew returned on .board, ter, ; got out of bed in her sleep, and went to the with the same pilot, whom they had found arihore, window, which was two stories high ; bauing lifted and who now eltpressed his belief that the ship _up _ the sash, she fell into the area, where very form could be gotafloat on accouiitof the alteration in the — „mei), there being a qua'ntiti of' Mortar, on which wind, Several Aritisil,Ourun-vessuls and other ships 'stir did not receive any serious injury. It is-reported that a serious affray- has taken place at the East ladia.Company's College, at Illylesbury, and that . the Students have proceeded to most vio lent aCts of insubordination, whiCh has calltd forth the serious displeasure of the Court of Directors.-- - The cause is said ro be attributable to the return of certain Students Who have misbehaved on a former occasion, and were then pardoned, but _who - now ve become ringleaders and instigators of every kind of disorder and tumdt. • • Certain Refirriners have announced their intention of celebialinvenc. - fifteenth anniversary of the ac quittal of-ItiobtAs HAr.o sr and HORNE TOOKE. This is (190tIes,'intended in ridicule of this day's festival. But-the people of this country are too sen 7 61)14 of their happinesS'in having so long enjoyed so .excellent a Monarch to treat such a pitiful attempt with any thing but contempt. ItomAN„caTtior,tcs.—BishoP Hodgson, the Ro man Catholic litAlop of the London Distria, with a Spirit of loyalty. that dots him and that respectable 'body, at large ,the highest honour, has issued . the following Ortler4o his Clergy; for the celebration' of .the Sabilee of our beloved Monarch, on the f:5111 instant " TO ALL THE. FAITHFUL IN THE LONDON Dl S- I ~{ ~~ j